Permian Period

This is the sixth and final period in the Paleozoic Era. It is followed by the Mesozoic Era.

This period was very big in events. The continent Pangea formed in the middle of the period, making all land masses appear in one area, while the rest of the world was oceans.

The earliest dinosaurs may have appeared in this era, along with other new creatures and plants.

At the end of the period, the worst extinction happened, called the Great Dying, or the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction. It wiped out 93-97% of all marine life, and 67-71% of all land life. It took nearly 30 million years for the earth to recover from it. Many species died such as crinoids, plants, and most prominently, the trilobites, which finally went extinct in this period, after existing for nearly 300 million years.